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TopicFarm loan waivers

Topic: Farm loan waivers

‘Shall we make him the CM?’ Ajit Pawar does it again, snaps at flood-hit farmer seeking loan waiver

The deputy CM was meeting farmers in flood-hit Marathwada. Rebuking a farmer who had lost his crop, Pawar said, 'Are we here to play marbles? I have been working since 6 am'.

3 govts, 3 pivots: How farm loan waivers announced in Maharashtra fared over the years

The change in the anatomy of the project with each successive govt over the last 7 years has left officials struggling to wrap it up.

Farm loan waivers are announced in election season. Karnataka worst offender

Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra and Telangana announced 9 of the 19 waivers in two decades, unlike Bihar and West Bengal, the two less prosperous states.

Indian farmers need a new distress index. Just suicide data won’t do

Despite the centrality of agriculture in India, there is no standard measure of farmers’ distress. The most commonly cited measure is the number of suicides.

Farmers with more than Rs 2-lakh loan not eligible for waiver, says Uddhav Thackeray govt

Farmer leader Ajit Navale says state govt decision is a "betrayal", most farmers will not get the benefit as they have loan arrears of more than Rs 2 lakh.

UP farmers march to Delhi’s Kisan Ghat over agriculture dues, loan waivers

The farmers started their march from Noida Saturday morning after talks between the Bharatiya Kisan Sangathan and government representatives failed to materialise.

RBI warns finance panel of more fiscal slippages for states

The remarks were made during a meeting between the members of the 15th Finance Commission and the RBI.

Finally, an alternative to farm loan waivers that assures direct income for all farmers

Loan waivers will only make rich farmers richer. Quasi-universal basic rural income guarantees basic income for the poorest of farmers.

States must examine ‘fiscal space’ before deciding on farm loan waivers: RBI governor

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das highlighted that waiver of farm loans by state goverments affect credit culture and future credit behaviour of the borrowers. 

Beware of Congress’ lollipops, says PM Narendra Modi

On his second trip to Uttar Pradesh this month, Modi accuses the JD(S)-Congress Karnataka government of not delivering on its farm loan waiver promises.

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This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.